Example sentences of "[num] but [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Hardys left Swanage early in 1876 but visited it again in 1892 , when they attended a meeting of the Dorset Field Club and ‘ were introduced to old Mr B(urt) , ‘ the King of Swanage ’ ’ . |
| 2 | Woolwich Tabernacle , erected between 1895 and 1896 , sat 1,690 but cost only £13,936 for both the land and the building . |
| 3 | The Minster at Mittelzell is the chief church , built first just after 800 but added to and altered a number of times since ( 257 ) . |
| 4 | Take a single dose of Sulphur 30 but expect the thrush to get worse in three or four days ' time before it will get better . |
| 5 | He was then expelled from the party on June 30 but readmitted on July 4 and at a party congress on July 7 was re-elected as party leader by 373 votes to 179 . |
| 6 | See IRC v Blackwell Minor 's Trustees [ 1924 ] 2 KB 351 ; 10 TC 235 , Stanley v IRC [ 1944 ] KB 255 ; 26 TC 12 but note Stevenson v Wishart 59 TC 740 . |
| 7 | Chancellor Norman Lamont 's push for growth will boost recovery prospects in 1993 but do little to alleviate the economic pain over the rest of the year , according to separate forecasts yesterday . |
| 8 | Moreover , both Ord.53 , r. 1(2) and s. 31(2) of the Supreme Court Act 1981 provide that declarations and injunctions ‘ may ’ be awarded under Ord. 53 but do not require an applicant for such remedy to claim under Ord. 53 . |
| 9 | He was just forty-five but looked twenty years older . |
| 10 | Inside the same city gate on a little hillock stands the neo-classical Catholic parish church , which was rebuilt in 1801 but retains its original thirteenth-century bell-tower ( although now capped with a baroque dome ! ) . |
| 11 | This phenomenon occurred twice in the 1980s : Dee Marsh-Mickle Trafford was closed in 1984 but reopened mainly for steel coil traffic in 1986 , and Annbank-Mauchline closed in 1985 but came back into use as a Railfreight Coal asset in 1988 . |
| 12 | Taiwan banned rhino horn imports in 1985 but has given traditional medicine shops until 1994 to sell existing stocks [ see ED 65 ] . |
| 13 | Forsbrand came home in 30 for a 66 that put him on ten under par 134 but said : ‘ I 've never shot 29 for nine holes and I missed a four footer on the last . ’ |
| 14 | In an apparent attempt to placate the anti-reform groups in the Congress of People 's Deputies before it opened , Yegor Gaidar , responsible for the main thrust of the economic reforms , was dismissed by Yeltsin as Finance Minister on April 2 but retained the post of Deputy Premier . |
| 15 | She thought that breed was extinct , but he , fat , bearded , boss-eyed , aged thirty-six but looking fifty — an effigy of dissipation — was unfortunately very much alive . |
| 16 | On seven occasions last year , the batsmen made first-innings totals of less than 300 but did just enough for the seamers to win the matches . |
| 17 | The house was seriously damaged by fire in 1879 but rebuilt largely to the original design . |
| 18 | She would be around forty but had the appearance of a heroine in a Victorian novel — tall , willowy , ethereal . |
| 19 | He is thirty-nine but looks older . |
| 20 | Cecil matriculated at Trinity College , Oxford , on 16 July 1621 but did not proceed to a degree . |
| 21 | Jacques Lanxade , 56 , was named Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces in place of Gen. Maurice Schmitt , who had reached retirement age in early 1991 but had stayed on because of the Gulf crisis . |
| 22 | Spanish press comment detected in the handling of the affair an ongoing struggle between Prime Minister and PSOE secretary-general Felipe González and supporters of Alfonso Guerra , who had resigned as Deputy Prime Minister in January 1991 but continued as PSOE deputy secretary-general [ see p. 37968 ] . |
| 23 | The Mozambican President , Mr Joaquim Chissano , has announced general elections for 1991 but hinted they would be single party only , the Portuguese news agency , Lusa , said yesterday . |
| 24 | Dolphin recorded a loss for 1991 but expects to break even this year on revenues of around £10m . |
| 25 | According to the administration 's budget proposals , the budget deficit would reach a record $318,100 million in fiscal 1991 but drop to $280,900 million in fiscal 1992 , based on an estimated 5.7 per cent rise in revenues to $1,165,000 million . |
| 26 | Emissions fell by 25 per cent between 1980-85 but have remained stable since . |
| 27 | Davis swept to 3-0 but missed the easiest of blues on the brink of 4-0 . |
| 28 | Davis swept to 3-0 but missed the easiest of blues on the brink of 4-0 . |
| 29 | Further economic adjustments were announced on Dec. 10 but faced with the continuing collapse of the austral Rapanelli resigned as Economy Minister on Dec. 15 and was replaced by González [ see p. 37118 ] . |
| 30 | The antibody to γ-interferon was raised to highly purified natural human γ-interferon and had a neutralising titre against γ-interferon of 1:10000 but had no detectable activity against human alpha or beta interferons . |